Book-rest



H. W. BROMLEY.

BOOK REST.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 5, 1920.

Patented Nov. 30, 1920.

/ WIT E8858 ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

EiIRY WALTER BROMLEY, or WILMCRE, KENTUCKY.

BooK-REsT.

T 0 all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, HENRY W. BROMLEY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Wilmore, in the county of Jessamine and State of 7 Kentucky, have invented a new and Improved Book-Rest, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in book rests, an object of the invention being to provide a simpleand efficient means for securing a book in open position against the rest, and so construct the parts as to facilitate the removal of the book or the turning of the pages. 7

A further object is to provide improvements of the character stated, which can be manufactured and sold at an extremely low price, and which will most efiiciently perform the functions for which they are intended.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the.

claims.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a view in front elevation illustrating my invention.

Fig. 2'is a view in section on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary plan view showing one of the arms swung downwardly. I

Fig; 4 is a plan view illustrating in full lines the normal position of the parts and in dotted lines the position of initial assemblage.

Fig. 5 is a view in section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

1 represents a horizontal base board having triangular uprights 2 fixed thereon, and on which an inclined book supporting board 3 is secured.

A strip 4 is secured to the lower edge of Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 30, 1920.

Application filed May 5, 1920. Serial No. 379,029.

them the necessary elasticity, the shorter ends 9 being positioned under the holders 5 and having upwardly projecting hooked ends 10 to engage in opening 11 in the holders.

To connect the springs to their holders 5, 1t 1s necessary to position the spring in the position indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 4 as the openingll is disposed eccentrically to the circular or curved support. When the spring is in the position indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 4, and the hooked end 10 is located in the'opening 11, the spring can be swung around to the position shown in full lines in Fig. 4, so that the support 5 will engage the coiled portion of the spring 8 and lie in a plane under the coil and above the portion 9 so as to securely hold the spring against accidental displacement relative to its support. By reason of this construction, the spring cannot be removed until the support is removed with it and the spring purned to the position indicated in dotted mes.

The springs 8 are made at one end in the form of elastic arms 12, which elastically engage the book rest 3, or the pages of a book on said rest, to hold the book in opened position convenient for reading.

When it is desired to remove the book or turn the pages thereof, the spring arms 12 are swung downwardly and a pin 13 is provided on the ledge 14 on which the spring arms may be positioned and held until they are again desired in operative position.

1. A device of the character stated, comprising a book rest, perforated supports secured to the book rest, spring arms having hooked ends engaging the perforations of the supports, said supports comprising relatively small plates, and spurs on theplates arms and relatively short arms respectively, driven into the bookrrest. upwardly projecting hooks on the ends of 10 2. A device of the character stated, comthe shorter arms adapted to be positioned in prising a book rest, supports adaptedto be .the openings of the supports and hold the 5 connected to the book rest, said supports supports positioned above the shorter ends having openings therein, springs having of the springs and portions of the coil 'coiled portions intermediate their ends and thereof. I g

at their ends forming relatively long spring HEN-RY WALTER BROMLEY. 

